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| Question | Answer |
| Articles of Confederation | This document served as the United States' first constitution, and was in force from March 1, 1781, until 1789 when the present day Constitution went into effect. |
| Daniel Shays Rebellion | Shays' Rebellion is the name given to a series of protests in 1786 and 1787 by American farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt. |
| Constitutional Convention | the Federal Convention, or the Grand Convention at Philadelphia took place from May 25 to September 17, 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to address problems in governing the United States of America |
| Virginia Plan | was a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch. The plan was drafted by James Madison while he waited for a quorum to assemble at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. |
| Jersey Plan | was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787. |
| Great Compromise aka Connecticut Compromise | was an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States |
| Commerce & Slave Trade Compromise | An agreement during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 protecting the interests of slaveholders by forbidding Congress the power to tax the export of goods from any State, and, for 20 years, the power to act on the slave trade. |
| 3/5th Compromise | was enacted. Delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia that year accepted a plan offered by James Madison determining a state's representation in the U.S. House of Representatives. The issue of how to count slaves split the delegates into two groups. |
| Electoral College | is the institution that elects the President and Vice President of the United States every four years. The President and Vice President are not elected directly by the voters. Instead, they are elected by "electors" who are chosen by popular vote on a state-by-state basis. |
| Federalist | an advocate or supporter of federalism. |
| Anti-Federalists | were a group of diverse individuals that formed to oppose the ratification (passage) of the new federal Constitution in 1787. |
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